Trump's week in review: California alters sports policy; public funding of gender surgeries probed
2. HHS to review use of tax funds to pay for gender transition surgeries
In a letter published Wednesday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, informed hospitals that have performed so-called gender transition surgeries on minors of its intention to conduct an "Urgent Review of Quality Standards and Gender Transition Procedures."
As part of the review, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz requested information about hospitals' "informed consent protocols for children with gender dysphoria, including how children are deemed capable of making these potentially life-changing decisions and when parental consent is required." He also asked hospitals to disclose "changes to clinical practices guidelines and protocols that your institution plans to enact in light of the recent comprehensive review of medical evidence and corresponding guidance released by the Department" about gender transition procedures.
Additional information sought by Oz included "any adverse events related to these procedures, particularly children who later look to detransition" and "complete financial data for all pediatric sex trait modifications performed at your institution and paid, in whole or in part, by the federal government" as part of a "comprehensive review of federal payment policies related to gender transition procedures for patients under 19 years of age."
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Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
